#Helios ray attack full
The incidents have occurred since US President Joe Biden took office in January with a commitment to rejoin the 2015 nuclear pact-abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump in a move welcomed by Israel-if Tehran returns to full compliance with the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for the attack, saying, This was indeed an operation by Iran. Last month an Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, two weeks after an Israeli-owned ship the MV Helios Ray-owned by the same company as the Hyperion Ray, according to a UN shipping database-was hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman. The Hyperion Ray’s sister ship Helios Ray suffered damage from an explosion in late February. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an advisory notice that it was aware of a possible incident near Fujairah and that investigations were ongoing. Unews news agency, also based in Lebanon, said the vessel was transporting cars and had been at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi port 48 hours earlier. Refinitiv ship tracking data showed the Bahamas-flagged vehicle carrier Hyperion Ray was headed to Fujairah port from Kuwait. Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen television channel, citing sources, identified the vessel as Hyperion. The incident comes a day after Tehran accused Israel of sabotaging a nuclear site, and after Iran and the United States began indirect talks in Vienna on ways to revive world powers' 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. official said ripped holes in both sides of its hull. 26 by a blast above the water line that a U.S. Israeli officials believe Iran was behind the attacks. A third vessel, the Israeli-owned container ship LORI, was hit by a missile early March 25 in the Arabian Sea. There was no immediate confirmation from the UAE. The vehicle-carrier MV Helios Ray was hit between the night of Feb. The vehicle carrier MV Helios Ray, also owned by Ray shipping, was attacked at the end of February in the Gulf of Oman, with a blast that damaged the vessel and forced it ashore. Two maritime security sources told Reuters that an Israeli ship was hit near the UAE's Fujairah port resulting in an explosion but that there were no casualties.Īn Israeli Transportation Ministry spokesman said he was aware of the media reports but that he could not confirm them.
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Israel's top-rated Channel 12 TV quoted unnamed Israeli officials as blaming arch-foe Iran for the assault and said there were no casualties. DUBAI - A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in Gulf waters, pro-Iran media and an Israeli television channel said on Tuesday.
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